School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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- (continued from previous page)be sold was killed.
They used have fish which they used catch on wet days.
They used have bread made out of Yellow Meal and Stirabout mixed together.
They used have boxty, Potatoe-cake and tea on Christmas Night, or a meal of Potatoes. They used buy a half ounce of tea and 1/2 lb of (tea) sugar at Christmas from old women, who used go around selling tea and sugar and buying eggs. They used buy a stone of flour also. The man who would be able to buy two stone of flour would by (able) thought a great man.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Áine Ní Oistín
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Thady Hastings
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tamhnaigh Shlinneáin, Co. Mhaigh Eo
